Clothes-pin bag.



ISAAC S. VANDERBILT, JR., OF SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTH ES-PlN BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed July 7, 1906. Serial No. 325,074.

To all 'wh/0m, it wwf/y concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC S. VANDERBILT, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at South Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pin Bags; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drauing, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a clothes-pin bag, and is adapted to provide one that can be slid along a line as the clothes are being hung up or being taken down and that provides an opening at the top for the easy insertion of the pins and also a ready means for withdrawing them from the side, so that the necessity of reachingup over the top to get them out is obviated.

An object of the invention is to provide a wire frame to support and maintain the bag, this frame being easily manufactured and being cheap to make.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is a perspective view of the bag.

The body portion 10 of the bag is made of any suitable material, such as cotton, and is provided at the front with an opening 11. This bag is fastened at its top to the 'wire frame 12, which is bent, preferably, U-shaped and brought together at the back to close the frame, the two portions 13 and 14 of the wire then being twisted around one another and bent upward to form the member 15, one end of the portion 13 being twisted part way with a wire 17, to be hereinafter described, and then bent to pass to the side of the U- shaped part of the frame and twisted around it, as at 16. The wire 17 is bent, as before described, to coil around the portion 13 and is then led over to the other side of the U- shaped portion 12 and twisted around the end fastened to it, as at 18. The other end Aof the wire 17 is twisted around the end of the portion 14 to form the member 19, the end of one of the wires being bent to form a hook 20.

This hook serves as a support for the bag and is adapted to be arranged over a clothes-line, so that the bag can be easily slid along as the person hanging up the vclothes proceeds. This wire frame makes a compactand neat arrangement, is extremely stable, and holds the frame rigidly in its position, so that it will not close and will be ready for the reception of clothes-pins. These are tossed in the top whenplaced into the bag; but when it is desired to withdraw the pins it wouldbe unhandy to reach up into the top, so the perforation 11 is provided, which is normally shut. The goods of the bag being shirred on the wire 12, this perforation can be opened and the hand inserted through the side of the bag. Of course it will be understood that the slit or perforation 11 does not extend down far enough to allow any of the pins to drop out accidentally.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A clothes-pin bag comprising a frame of Vwire bent to form a U-shaped member closed at the back, the portions of the wires being twisted and extending upward, one portion then being bent and extended to one side of the U-shaped member, the other portion extending upward and ending in a hook, a second wire secured to the other side of the U- shaped frame twisted with one of the members of the 'lirst wire, and then being twisted to the rpwardly-extending .member that forms the hook, and a bag suspended from the U-shaped member.

. 2. A clothes-pin bag comprising a frame of wire, a bag portion suspended from the wire and hold permanently open at the top, and a hook portion attached to the frame and suspending the bag with its top horizontal, the bag having its top edge looped over the frame, and being slitted at the front from its top edge, the bag sliding on the frame to allow the opening and closing of the slit.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of June, 1906.

ISAAC S. VANDERBILT, JR.

I/Vitnesses:

E. A. PELL, WM. II. CAMFIELD. 

